FAMILY WELLNESS
We talk about family wellness a lot. So, what is it?
In our office, we define wellness as being able to live to your fullest potential because you are healthy and well. It is not only the absence of disease and symptoms but living life with confidence and vigor! Family wellness allows whole families to live the life they always dreamed of because they have the energy, patience, and confidence in their health to do so! This is the common theme, but it can look different from family to family.
Wellness can look like:
having a newborn that doesn’t cry through the whole night so mom and dad can get some rest – allowing them to be more present and loving
the absence of consistent sickness and being forced to miss school and work
a family that can travel and have new experiences without worrying about their health
a mother finally feeling like she has enough energy to go to the park and play with her kids
dad having the ability to work a long day and be engaged and present when he gets home
How does one achieve family wellness?
Our bodies are DESIGNED to be healthy and well, and we are made to experience lifelong wellness because our bodies are created to heal themselves! However, with various stressors in our lives today, we have to work to help our bodies to express this hoped-for health and wellness. Overall, it is a result of living a balanced life: this includes eating well, moving your body, getting restful sleep, staying well hydrated, doing things that bring you joy, and making sure your body can adapt to stress through chiropractic. A balanced and properly working nervous system allows wellness to happen with ease!
Because we live our life through our nervous system, it is important to ensure that it is working correctly. What we mean when we say that we live our life through our nervous system is this: everything in your environment is picked up through your 5 senses (sight, smell, touch, taste, and hearing) and relayed through your nervous system up to your brain for processing. Your brain takes in the information and uses it to form a response; everything we do or experience in life has to be processed through our nervous system! If there is even a slight interference or miscommunication in the information traveling through your nervous system, it makes it hard for your body to form a proper response to its internal and external environment. This can affect families in big ways.
For babies, this interference can lead to fussiness, constipation, gas, or reflux. In kiddos, it could be ear infections, sensory issues, or temper tantrums. Even teenagers are affected: this could look like mood swings, hormone imbalances, or difficulty balancing school, friends, sleep, and activities. In adults this interference can show up as anxiety, digestive issues, difficulty sleeping, or low energy. When you have these sorts of things going on in your family, it can make it difficult and stressful on everyone, so this is where chiropractic care comes in!
Chiropractic helps your body adapt to all the different physical, chemical, and emotional stressors that might be causing an interference in your nervous system. When we find and remove the nervous system interference, your body is able to function as well as heal like it is designed to! The ability to adapt to stress is the ultimate form of wellness and THAT is what we specialize in at our office – ensuring that you and your family are able to live to your fullest potential!
This is why we are passionate about family wellness: allowing a family to thrive together and experience life as they are supposed to – free of anxiety, stress and sickness – is an incredible privilege. In our office, we notice that when families get adjusted together, they start to notice changes more quickly! We believe their healing is amplified because the household is feeding off of each other’s energy!
Think about what you consider your greatest asset to be: is it your house, your car, your retirement plan, or your cabin? This may be true to an extent, but we will argue that your greatest asset is you and your families health! We encourage you not to leave your families health to chance, but to make a plan for it! By making the decision to be proactive about your family's health and take responsibility for it, you are changing the trajectory and path of your family for the better. That’s what family wellness is all about!